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I. D. FULLER. WATGHMANS TIME RECORDER.

Patented Dec. 23,1890.

T-UNiTED STATES I: PATENT Cur os."

ISIIAM D. FULLER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AS SIGNOR, BY MESN EASSIGNMENTS, TO THE FULLER IVATCI-IMANS ELECTRICAL DETECTOR COMPANY, OF

SAM E PLACE.

WATCHMANS TIME-RECORDER.

SIECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,435, dated December23, 1890.

Application filed July 2, 1890.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISHAM D. FULLER, of Chicago, in the State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 5IVatchmens Time-Recorders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in watchmens time recorders orsystems in which an ordinary clock mechanism provided to with arevolving detachable paper dial is used in conjunction with electromechanism, in electrical connection with the several stations in thewatchmans beat and adapted to record on such dial the watchmans visitsto said stations by the application of a circuitclosing key applied bythe watchman to circuit-closing mechanism at such stations; and theobjects of my improvements are, first, to provide a construction for theelectro-me chanical part of the apparatus whereby the number of stationsin any given embodiment of the system may be varied or increased withgreater facility than heretofore; second, to provide automaticelectrical switches, in connection with the electromechanical part ofthe apparatus and some point in the beat, whereby a single electriccircuit is made to embrace all of the stations in the beat, and, third,to provide improved means for recording the watchnians visits to thestations on the paper dial. I have attained these objects in theapparatus constructed as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a front elevation of the electromechanical part of theapparatus. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section on the line 2 2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of the electro-mechanical part ofthe apparatus. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line-4 4 of Fig.3,1ooking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 5 is a detail showing inperspective a detached piece of the electromechanical part of theapparatus. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the apparatus entire, showingthe relative position of the parts and the electrical connections. Fig.7 is a detail showing inside view the clamp for holding the disk to thehour-hand shaftof the clock.

Serial No. 357,572.. (No model.)

In the drawings, A designates the frame for supporting the separateline-sections of the electro mechanism with which the separate lines orcircuits are connected. This frame consists of a rectangular piece orplate provided with screw-holes a for attaching it to the clockrcasing,and screw-holes a for attaching said separate line-sections thereto.

13 designates the separate line-sections. These are composed of thefront piece Z), the end pieces 1), and a central stirrup 17 which partsare preferably all cast as one piece. The end pieces I) have afoot-piece b ,p1'ovided with a screw-hole, whereby said linesections 15are attached to the frame A. The screw-holes in said frame A are soplaced as to make the line-sections B fit closely together in contactand fill the entire area of said frame, when as many are placed thereonas the same is designed to hold, and any of said line-sections can beremoved from said frame by taking out the screws in the foot-pieces 19without disturbing any of the others.

C designates the electro-magnets, which are secured to the line-sectionsB by means of screws C, passing through the front pieceb and, into themagnet-core c in such manner as to hold the same firmly to therespective line-sections. One end of each magnet-wire c is attachedpermanently to the line-section at c by being soldered thereto, so thateach linesection is made a part of the electric circuit. The other endof each magnet-Wire is connected with a binding-post D at each end ofsaid line-sections, being connected thereto by an insulating-piece D,securedto a projection (I, cast on the end pieces I) of thelinesections. Supported in the stirrup b of each line-section there arepreferably two sliding spring-pressed bars I)", provided each with adifferent embossed or indented type or die on its front end'designed toindicate a different station on the watchma'ns beat. Thesprings of saidbars hold them normally retracted, so that their-rear ends are projectedthrough the stirrup. To the side pieces I) are pivotedthe armatures E,adapted to strike the rear ends, of the bars 12 when the circuit-isclosed on the magnets C, or any one of them, there being a springadapted to retract the armatures when the circuit is open and keep themnormally otf the bars 5.

The frame A is provided with a rubber or other insulating piece l, forthe armatures to rest against in their normal position.

To the top line-section is attached a bar or plate G, whose innersurface is provided with sunken or embossed type or dies g,corresponding in kind and position with type or dies 011 the spring-barsb.

I prefer to put the male or embossed type or dies 011 the type-bars andthe female or indented type or dies in the bar or plate G, as shown inthe drawin The bar or plate G is extended down in front of theline-sections in a plane parallel with the front of the type-bars, sothat as any of said type-bars are pressed forward by ablow of thearmature on the rear end thereof the type on the front end will beforced into or upon its corresponding type in the bar or plate G.

The electro-mechanical part of the apparatus, as in the present instanceshown and de scribed, is for a ten-station apparatus, and has but threeof the lines shown as connected in circuit, the rest being representedin blank.

I do not consider that it is essential to the invention embraced by thispart of the apparatus to employ two electroanagnets and two type-bars ineach line-section, as shown, nor that the particular arrangement ofmagnets and arm'atures shown for operating said typebars should in anycase be followed.

. From the description thus far given it is ob vious that other stationsmight be added by removing any of the blank line-sections U, as shown inthe lower portion of Figs. 2 and 4-, and substituting in its place aline-section having one or both magnets and armatures with wireconnections, as shown in the upper portion of said figures.

The frame with detachable linesections, as shown, with the sections allfull or partly full and partly blank, to suit the number of stations inthe watchmans beat in any individ ual case, is placed in theclock-casing above the clock-movement in the ordinary way, the positionof the clock relatively thereto being shown by dotted lines II II inFig. 6. In this position the paper dial I, attached to the hourhandshaft 1 of the clock, may have its upper half revolved by thecloek-moveinen t between the bar or plate G and the front of theline-sections, so that when the circuit is closed at any station on thewatehmans beat, as hereinafter described, the armature will drive thetype-bar Z) of that station forward against the bar or plate G, and byindenting or pinchin g the paper print or cut out the number or othercharacter employed to designate the station upon said dial. 011 thedial, as shown, the radial full lines indicate the hours and the halfand quarter radiallines indicate frac tions of an hour. Said dial isslowly revolved in the direction of the arrow as thehour-hand of acommon clock, so that the time of the watehmans visits to the variousstations of his beat may be read 011 the dial by observing the positionof the imprint on the dial relatively to said radial line. I haveprovided means for attaching said dial to the hourhand shaft of theclock by a yielding attachment, which will be so fticient to keepthedial in motion with the said shaft under ordinary circumstances; butin case the dial should accidentally become fastened to the other partof the apparatus, so as to prevent its rotation, its connection withsaid shaft will yield and allow the clock to go on without tearing thedial. This consists in an inner plate 1' and an outer spring-pressedplate 1?. Said plate 2' is provided with a socket-piece 1*, adapted tofit over the end of said hour-hand shaft so as to secure said platerigidly to said shaft. On the opposite side of said plate from thesocket-piece is a piece which is screw-threaded at the outer end andforms, when in place, an extension of the hour-hand shaft beyond saidplate 1 The dial is made with a perforation in the center adapted tojust fit over this extension, and the spring-plate i is then placed overthe dial and the nut 1" tightened down, so as to revolve with thehour-hand shaft. The nut i" has a groove or shoulder i which engages thespring z'" of the plate 5', for the purpose of clamping said plate downon the dial in such manner as to cause thedial to revolve with the hourhand shaft and permit it to be stopped by slipping between said platesin case it should be caught and held fast near the periphery by anyforce which would tear it it rigidly secured to the hour-hand shaft.

The switch mechanism is shown in Fig. [5, the upper part of which showssaid switch mechanism in front elevation, and the lower part shows it inrear elevation with a portion of the switch-board broken away. Saidswitch mechanism consists of a base piece or plate K, upon which ismounted an electromagnet L, with its armature 7, said armature beingheld normally retracted by a spring 1'. To the extreme end of thearmature is pivoted a springmessed ratchet hook or catch P, which isadapted to engage teeth or projections m on a revolving disk M. Thisdisk is mounted on a shaft m',which is journaled in a post or standardl\l',attached to the basepiece K. Behind said disk midsu 'iported onsaid standard is the switchboard N, made of hard rubber or otherinsulating material. The switch-board is provided with a series ofmetallic sections '12, preferably arranged in a circular path, and thebranch wires from the several line-stationsare attached to thesemetallic sections at one end of the main line and with the watehmansstation at the other end.

The revolving disk M is provided with a switch arm or projection'n,which is attached to the shaft m and has its outer end adapted tomove in contact with said metallic section and close the branch circuitat that point ICC with the wire which is connected to said metallicsection.

Attached to the face of the switch-board is a ratchet m which engages apawl pivoted to the switch-arm andadapted to engage said ratchet andprevent said disk and its switcharm from turning backward. Theelectrical connection is made through the wires 1 and 2. Thebinding-post 0 on the lower line-section is in electrical connection,through the contact of said several line-sections with each other,withthe coil-wires of all of the magnets C by means of the connections at c,and thence through said wires with the several insulating binding-postsD. The wire 1 extends from said binding-post 0 by branches 3 4c 5, &c.,to the various watchmens stations P, thence through open circuit at saidwatchmens stations, provided with ordinary keycirc uit-closin gmechanism,to the switch-board on the premises to be watched, being shownat the bottom of Fig. 6, thence through the switch-arm n to the shaft m,thence to the magnets I, and thence to the battery. The wire 2, startingfrom the battery, runs to the magnets L of the switch mechanism at theregistering-instrument, being the one shown at the top of Fig. 6, thenceto the shaft m, thence through the switch-arm n to the metallic sections91, and thence by branch wires 3 4 5, &c., to the insulatingbinding-posts D.

As shown in the drawings, the circuit is closed through the wires 1 and2 and their respective branches 3 at all points except Pon the branch 3of the wire 1. By closing the circuit at this point by the applicationof the watchmans circuit -c1osing key a current would be sent over saidcircuit which would simultaneously operate one of the armatures E on thesecond line-section B from the top of frame A and both of the armaturesZ of the switch mechanisms. The first-named armature E would strike thebar b bearin g the type 3 and corresponding with the type 8 on the baror plate G and print the station 3 on the dial. The armatures lof theswitch mechanisms would draw down the spring-pressed ratchet-hooks Zinto engagement with the projection on on the disk M, and the withdrawalof the circuit-closing key would permit the retraction of said ratchetby the spring Z, which would move the switch from contact with themetallic section with which the branch wires 3 are connected to and intocontact with the metallic section to which the branch wires4= areconnected in both switch mechanisms. 7

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. In a watchmans irlIllG'l'GOOlClGl', the sections B, each made as anintegral and sepa rate part of the apparatus, and composed of a metallicfront piece or plate provided with the end pieces or supports, anelectro-magnet with one end of its coil connected electrically with saidfront piece and the other end connected non-electrically therewith, asliding bar, and an armature adapted to operate the same, said supportsand operating parts being attached to the rear of said front piece, asand for the purpose specified.

2. In a watchmans time-recorder, and in combination, a frame, as A,adapted to be secured to the interior of a clock-casing and providedwith a series of regularly-arranged holes a, and a series ofline-sections, as B, each made as an integral part of the apparatus, andcomposed of a metallic front piece I), one or more electro-magnets withone end of the coil electrically connected with said front piece and theother non-electrically connected therewith, one or more slidingspring-pressed bars, and one or more armatures for separately operatingthe same, said separate line-sections being adapted to be separatelyconnected with and disconnected from the frame, as and for the purposespecitied.

3. In a watchmans time-recorder, and in combination, a series of slidingspring-pressed bars, each provided with a different type or die, a baror plate arranged opposite to said type-bars and provided with companiontype or dies severally corresponding in character and relative positionwith the type of said bars, and electro mechanism for separatelyoperating said respective type-bars from different stations,substantially as specified.

4. A watch mans time-recorder system com prising a switch-board withinthe beat, branch wires connecting the various stations of the beat inopen circuit with said switch-board, an electro-m echanical switch,substantially as shown, for changing the connection of said branch wirethrough said switch-board by the closing and opening of the circuits atsaid stations, a registering apparatus having elec tromechanicalregistering appliances for each station in the beat, a switch-board inconjunction with said registering apparatus, branch wires for connectingeach of said electro mechanical registering appliances with saidswitch-board, an electro-mechanical switch for changing the connectionof said branch wires through said switch-board, and the maincircuit-wire, as the wires 1 and 2, for connectinga battery, said twoswitch mechanisms and the registering apparatus through said branchwires, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a watchmans time-recorder or analogous system, and in combination,a switchboard provided with metallic sections for attaching the variouslines of the system, a revolving switch-arm in connection with saidsections, and electro mechanisms having an armature provided with aspring-pressed ratchet-hook adapted to automatically engage theswitch-arm by the closing of the circuit and to shift the switch by therecoil of the armature, substantially as specified.

6. In a watchmans time recorder, the spring-clamp for attaching thepaper dial to IOC IIOv

the clock-movement, consisting of the plate i, snhsmnt'izdly as and forthe purpose specil'laving a socket on one side for attaching said fi d.plate to the hour-hand shaft, and an extenw I 7 1 sion-piece 0n theopposite side screw-threaded I L L 5 at its outer end, the plate 5,provided Wit-hthe Vitnesses:

WM. R. GRIsWoLD, Jr.,

J. W. MERRIAM.

Spring i, and the nut 1", provided with a groove 01' shoulder adapted tosaid spring,

